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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

Bivalirudin vs. Enoxaparin in Intubated COVID-19 Patients: A Pilot Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.

Eugenio Garofalo, Gianmaria Cammarota, Giuseppe Neri, Sebastiano Macheda, Eugenio Biamonte, Pino Pasqua, Maria Laura Guzzo, Federico Longhini, Andrea Bruni, BivaCOVID authors

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Eugenio GarofaloAnesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, "Magna Graecia" University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Gianmaria CammarotaDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Perugia, 06121 Perugia, Italy.
Giuseppe NeriAnesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, "Magna Graecia" University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Sebastiano MachedaAnesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano, 89121 Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Eugenio BiamonteAnesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, "Magna Graecia" University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Pino PasquaAnesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Annunziata Hospital, 87100 Cosenza, Italy.
Maria Laura GuzzoAnesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, "Pugliese Ciaccio" Hospital, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Federico LonghiniAnesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, "Magna Graecia" University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6970-7202
Andrea BruniAnesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, "Magna Graecia" University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
BivaCOVID authors
Magna Graecia University · ITAzienda Ospedaliera Pugliese Ciaccio · ITOspedale Annunziata di Cosenza · ITUniversity of Perugia · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: In COVID-19 patients, the occurrence of thromboembolic complications contributes to disease progression and mortality. In patients at increased risk for thrombotic complications, therapeutic enoxaparin should be considered. However, critically ill COVID-19 patients could develop resistance to enoxaparin. Bivalirudin, a thrombin inhibitor, may be an alternative. This pilot multicenter randomized controlled trial aims to ascertain if bivalirudin may reduce the time spent under invasive mechanical ventilation, as compared to enoxaparin. (2) Methods: Intubated COVID-19 patients at risk for thrombo-embolic complications were randomized to receive therapeutic doses of enoxaparin or bivalirudin. We ascertained the time spent under invasive mechanical ventilation during the first 28 days from Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission. A standardized weaning protocol was implemented in all centers. In addition, we assessed the occurrence of thromboembolic complications, the number of patients requiring percutaneous tracheostomy, the gas exchange, the reintubation rate, the ICU length of stay, the ICU and 28-days mortalities. (3) Results: We enrolled 58 consecutive patients. Bivalirudin did not reduce the time spent under invasive mechanical ventilation as compared to enoxaparin (12 [8; 13] vs. 13 [10; 15] days, respectively;

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acute respiratory failureanticoagulationbivalirudinCOVID-19critically ill patientenoxaparin

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PMID36294312
PMCPMC9604898
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